SB943 was filed yesterday.

Everything that is happening in Iowa is at play here in NC. And it's another reason to support public radio like WFDD.

Below is the salary schedule for a teacher in North Carolina for the 2024-2025 school year. It's the same for the 2025-2026 school year because NC is the only state in the country to not pass a new state budget for this year. Any teacher new to the profession in the last nine years would … Continue reading Another Reason To Put #KidsOverCorporations – They Are Already Cutting Teacher Retirement.

Chalk this bill up to stepping further into your business by the party that preaches "local control." From that report: Republican Kyle Hall, who represents Stokes and Forsyth, responded. “I've heard from a number of constituents who are concerned with everything that is going on with the school system there. We all have seen the … Continue reading Dear Raleigh, Stop Meddling Into Local Elections And Pass A Damn Budget!

I believe every local elected official who has anything to do with public school funding should sit in on some IEP meetings – the tough ones where parents and schools struggle to find what is not only appropriate for the student, but how those needs will be met. And those elected officials should just be … Continue reading Dear Elected Official, You Are Invited to My Son’s Next IEP Meeting (And While You Are At It, Spend a Day Following an EC Teacher)

Good Afternoon,  The county may be short on money, but there are always ways to move it around. Choosing to eliminate orchestra class at Clemmons Middle School is not the solution. People may think they are just discontinuing a class with fewer students, but there are far larger, negative consequences. Even though the enrollment seems … Continue reading A Letter To The WSFCS BOE From A Student About Music Program Cuts

“I feel like (this) is more of a measure of stability.” – Supt. Don Phipps on April 14th, 2026. “Stability” is an interesting word especially when used in the reference to the next budget proposals here in WSFCS. Since April of last year, we as a school system have 1,200 fewer staff members. More cuts … Continue reading More Cuts Ain’t Gonna Give Stability

On a day where our General Assembly still has made no progress toward a new budget that amply funds public schools, where a state supreme court overturned the dictates of the LEANDRO court decision, and a looming deficit in our local school system, it is easy to feel some anger on this day toward our … Continue reading Those Are “Our” Kids – About What Happened Near Two Of Our Schools Today

Imagine the state of public education in North Carolina right before the Great Recession. The “sides” are sound and strong. There is support from the state government on all sides. Look at those four sides as four different categories that need to be fairly monitored closely and supported adequately to keep public education going strong. … Continue reading Another Reason To Put #KidsOverCorporations – They Are Tearing Down The Once Strong Walls Of NC Public Education

You can be either “at” the table or “on” the table. For teachers in North Carolina, there are many other prepositions that could identify the relationship between the legislation process and teacher input such as “under” the table, “without” a place at the table, or “behind” the table. As a veteran public school teacher, when … Continue reading Reason #23 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – The Need for More Teacher Input in Educational “Reform”